CUNY Graduate Center, Room 4102 (Science Center)
365 5th Ave, New York, New York
All talks are Tuesday evenings from 7-8 pm

9/25 The Soils of NYC: Characterization and Classification
Dr. Richard Shaw, Soil Scientist and Project Leader USDA-NRCS Soil Survey, Staten Island, NY.

10/2 Garbage! Waste Management in Urban Environments
Harvey Alter, Hacea Consulting LLC, Frederick, MD (QC Alumnus)

10/9 Climate Change: Causes, Impacts and Response
Dr. William Schlesinger, President, the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY.

10/16 Water Quality in NYC
Boris Rukovets, Asst. Executive Director & Asst. Chief Engineer
Interstate Environmental Commission, New York, NY.

10/23 The Changing Vegetation of the NYC Region
Dr. Steve Clemants, Vice President of Science, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY.

11/6 Long-term Ecological Research of Urban Ecosystems: Baltimore as a Case Study
Dr. Richard Pouyat, Baltimore Ecosystem Studies, USDA Forest Service, Baltimore, MD.

Sponsored by The Earth and Environmental Sciences PhD Program at the CUNY Graduate Center, The New York City Soil and Water Conservation District, and the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College. For more information: Dr. Jeff Bird, jbird@qc.cuny.edu